Jamul [Import]

Product Description
Previously unreleased on CD this obscure Psychedelic album changes hands on vinyl for a lot of money. Late 60's west coast masterpiece and cult classic.

Tracks:

Ahmad's Blues
It Could Happen To You
I Wish I Knew
Autumn Leaves
Stompin' At The Savoy
Cheek To Cheek
The Girl Next Door
Secret Love
Squatty Roo
Taboo
Autumn In New York
A Gal In Calico
That's All
Should I?
Seleritus
Let's Fall In Love

Customer Reviews:

Timeless.......2007-01-22

What great music !
Jamal has been on the scene for six decades and his music
is as fresh as ever.
These tracks were taken from previous Argo Recording dates.
The hard to get Portfolio and Ahmad Jamal at the spotlight club. If you dont have these recordings and you
Like Jamal, This CD is a must have.
My favorite tracks are, Ahmads Blues,Autmn Leaves,Taboo and Autumn in New York.
Mose Davis

jamal at his best.......2005-08-24

fantastic, gorgeous, magnificent! Jamal and his partners plays a real lesson of how to do in a jazz trio. The sound of the piano is brilliant and full of swing, the bass and drums are intelligent and full of taste, the atmosphere of the live perofromance precisely preserved in the recording. If you enjoy jazz piano trio, you have to hear this one!

Distinctive and compelling.......2003-08-26

Ahmad Jamal is a seminal name in the hallowed annals of jazz piano artistry, and being a big fan of the jazz piano trio, I knew I had to check some out. I read in Fred Hersch's liner notes to Bill Evans' _Trio '64_ that his other favorite trio is this particular one, with bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier, so this seemed like a must-hear. That it is.

You can see why Miles Davis dug this guy. Jamal just digs into the *groove* of a tune, playing with it, vamping on it, leaving space for his bandmates to inhabit it, and apparently all the while having a rollicking good time. The playing of this trio throughout this 1958 live performance is absolutely distinctive, and that's a bit part of what makes it such compelling listening. There's the signature tune "Ahmad's Blues", which even if you haven't heard it before, you'll think you have. It's that basic, and yet Jamal didn't pull it off some "standards" list. Then there's the standard-of-standards "Autumn Leaves", but what this trio does with it is amazingly creative. You just have to hear it. And who else would start out "Stompin' at the Savoy" with a quote of "La Marsellaise"?? And these are just examples. It's all that good. Don't miss out.

no collection is complete without it.......2003-04-05

This is a must have for Ahmad Jamal fans, and all Jazz fans for that matter. Throughout his long and storied career, Ahmad has demonstrated both technical virtuosity and amazing style & creativity. This early live recording is no exception. The opening, and title, track is so spot on that it practically defines cool jazz. It stacks right up there with Davis' Kind of Blue as one of the best recordings of the period.

One of the best Jazz Pianists of all time.......2000-10-11

I don't think I risk going off the deep end here by declaring that Ahmad Jamal is simply one of the finest jazz pianists of all time. This CD gives ample proof to that claim. It is a compilation of live recordings made in Chicago in 1958. And the crowd seems most appreciative of the trio's efforts.

Jamal's intelligent use of space and awesome technique give bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier ample opportunity to display their tremendous talents. Ahmad's use of tension and release marked with his sense of humor makes Jamal's music fascinating. And make no mistake, Jamal swings like mad. Ample proof of this can be heard in the final selection, "Let's Fall in Love."

I've listened to this CD many times over. If you've never heard the amazing and enormously talented Mr. Jamal, there's no better place to start than right here.

Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me
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Memories of My Father's Records

Discipline

Pick up Ahmad Jamal Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961 instead

Perhaps the best album by this undervalued performer...

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born too soon.

Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me
Ahmad Jamal
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002O8V
Release Date: 1990-10-17

Tracks:

But Not For Me
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Moonlight In Vermont
(Put Another Nickel In) Music, Music, Music
No Greater Love
Poinciana
Woody 'N You
What's New

Customer Reviews:

Memories of My Father's Records.......2006-09-14

Poinciana, Poinciana, Poinciana. If for nothing else, this album stands out in my mind with just that one song. One of the fondest childhood musical memories of listening to my father's record collection. I just had to buy the CD. And all the melodious memories have been rejuvenated! What a glorious live recording. Now I can truly appreciate the entire performance; tinkling plates, glasses, and silverware included.

Discipline.......2005-07-09

Say all you want about Ahmad's use of silence and "space," his defining quality is, above all, discipline. Whereas the conventional approach is to play the head in 2/4 after which the rhythm section is unleashed in 4/4 while the soloist rips through a chord sequence, Ahmad is reluctant to leave either the song or the two-beat feel of the opening chorus. Instead, he comes back to the original melody again and again, converting it into a "riff" with slight alterations for every subsequent chorus. And when he does release the rhythm section or improvise for a whole chorus over a walking bass line, the effect is explosive.

Numerous musicians have used the device of riff-like repetition (listen to Paul Gonsalves' celebrated solo on "Ellington at Newport"), but few do so with as much respect for the original melody and close attention to the finest details of construction and contouring as Jamal. For him a song is not merely a chord sequence for improvisation but a tone poem or even miniature symphony awaiting the artist's realization through imaginative revisioning. And his "touch" is inimitable, as pianists who have copied his every chorus with less success (listen to Michel Camilo's attempt to play Ahmad's version of "Poinciana") have discovered.

In short, Ahmad is that enviable and rare oxymoron, the "popular" artist. He serves up all the melody a jazz-challenged listener could ask for while satisfying the artistic demands of the fastidious jazz-piano aficioniano. If the guy has never regained the popularity he enjoyed with "But Not for Me," the fault is not his but that of a public that's lost touch with the supreme melodies that comprise the American Songbook.

Pick up Ahmad Jamal Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961 instead.......2004-02-06

I have to agree with the other reviewers regarding the quality and invention of this release. I have never heard a trio that sounded so big! Their interplay is phenomenal. Jamal is truly one of the greatest Jazz pianist, he's amazingly inventive. However, you might want to consider buying the CD Ahmad Jamal Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961 [LIVE] instead. It includes the tracks from this release (with the exception of "what's new"?) and 25 others all recorded durring the same era. It is a phenomanal CD!

Perhaps the best album by this undervalued performer..........2002-07-19

If you have a collection of jazz from the '50's and 60's, and in the piano category you already have Monk, Brubeck, Shearing, Peterson, Evans and maybe Horace Silver, then you are ready for Jamal. If he rates in the top ten of that era on his instrument, he is right behind the guys I mentioned and maybe one or two I failed to rank. I owned this on vinyl when I was in high school, and it pleased me then, and pleases me now. Along with Errol Garner's "Concert by the Sea" released around the same time, this album made me like piano jazz and be willing to explore the efforts of other jazz greats. Jamal's style and touch is unique, and he won't please all listeners equally. Listen to the samples offered here before you buy this one, but keep in mind the best number on the disc is not available to be sampled...the huge hit (by jazz standards of the day) "Poinciana." If you like the samples you CAN hear, you'll enjoy the whole offering for sure. If you like piano jazz and you have items by those who are more well-known than Ahmad, give him a chance, too. This one is nice to have in the background when you are sitting at a computer or doing the bills.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born too soon........2001-12-13

Fitzgerald once wrote that "in the dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning." Sadly, he never got to experience the rapture I felt as a 22-year old (back in the days when turntables were still powered by dinosaurs, Virginia) listening while, night after night beyond counting, the all-night DJ invariably slipped on Jamal's "Poinciana" as recorded live at Chicago's Pershing at precisely three o'clock.

Hypnotic, seductive, strangely enervating in the way Jamal bounced off of Fournier's tom-toms (which were especially tuned to this song), wound his riffs around Crosby's bassline and punched his way off the counterpoint of the live audience's response, "Poinciana" served, for me, as a wake-up call, a siren song, and, most importantly, as an introduction to an individual who is today one of the late 20th century's most undervalued jazz influences.

Modern critics tend to dismiss Ahmad Jamal's work as "cocktail music" (whatever that term truly means). Miles Davis, on the other hand (and not a man given to tossing off superlatives lightly), termed Jamal one of his "major influences" (to such an extent that he reportedly tried to persuade his then-pianist, Red Garland, to "play like this cat").

So . . . who you gonna believe?

Believe your own ears. You can't go wrong. Even if you never get beyond the mesmerizing voyage of "Poinciana" (a tune which Jamal had previously recorded and would re-record several more times, though never to such effect as here), you're ahead of the game; BUT, take my word for it, you'll be missing a whole world of wonder if you dismiss the rest of this album. With "But Not For Me," for example, Jamal creates voicings which Gershwin never dreamed possible (but which, I suspect, would have thrilled him). This is a situation which happens time after time, with each song on this outing. Even "What's New" (a staple of every jazz pianist's standard repertoire, mine included) turns out to have a whole lot new about it as Jamal makes the song indelibly his own. (I listen to some of his progressions on this number and bang my head against the wall, wondering "How'd he do THAT?")

There's a bit of a warning here: If you've not previously been exposed to Ahmad Jamal, this album may prove addictive. Ultimately, you may well find yourself out and about, haunting music stores as you search out that particularly elusive CD that he recorded way back when, working without drums, just a guitarist and . . .

Tracks:

New Rumba
Foggy Day
All of You
It Ain't Necessarily So
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
I Get a Kick out of You
Jeff
Darn That Dream
Spring Is Here
Black Beauty
Love for Sale
Something to Remember You By
Poinciana
Don't Blame Me
Autumn Leaves
They Can't Take That Away from Me
Old Devil Moon
It's Easy to Remember
Squeeze Me
Pavanne

Tracks:

Crazy He Calls Me
Perfidia
Rica Pulpa
Donkey Serenade
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Surrey with the Fringe on Top [*]
Will You Still Be Mine [*]
Ahmad's Blues [*]
Gal in Calico [*]
Aki and Ukthay [*]
Billy Boy [*]
Volga Boatman [*]
On Green Dolphin Street [*]
How About You? [*]
I Just Can't See for Lookin' [*]
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year [*]
Beat out One [*]
Maryam [*]
Easy to Remember [*]
Jim Loves Sue [*]
I Wish I Knew [*]

Album Description

This outstanding 2 CD released contains Ahmad Jamal's complete trio recording with guitarist Ray Crawford and bassist Israel Crosby collected here for the first time ever on one edition. The trio recorded three albums together in 1955 for the Argo (Chamber Music Of The New Jazz) and Epic (Ahmad Jamal trio, Ahmad Jamal) Records Label. This release boasts all of these albums in their entirety including the complete May 5, 1962 Piano Scene session (with Eddie Calhoun replacing Israel Crosby on bass ) that was originally released as part of Epic's 1955 Ahmad Jamal album, featured here as bonus tracks. And speaking of bonus tracks, this released also contains the complete 1956 Argo LP Count 'Em 88 featuring Ahmad Jamal leading a trio with Israel Crosby and drummer Walter Perkins. This session marks the pianist's very first recording using the classic piano trio (piano/bass/drums) format. Lastly this edition includes the tracks 'The Surrey With The Fringe On Top' and 'Will You Still Be Mine' from Okeh's 1951 session Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings featuring Jamal, Crawford and calhoun. Definitive Records. 2006

Album Details

This Outstanding TWO-CD Release Contains Ahmad Jamal's Complete Trio Recordings with Guitarist Ray Crawford and Bassist Israel Crosby Collected Here for the First Time Ever on One Edition.

Customer Reviews:

THE DEFINITIVE RECORDINGS OF THE SEMINAL AHMAD JAMAL TRIOS!!.......2007-03-27

Five HUGE Stars!! Two of jazz' GREATEST trios on two CD's, well over 2 and a half hours of pure jazz excellence that has stood the test of time. First the great news, "Count'em 88", the first piano/bass/drum Jamal trio recording, is back and it is just as good as this reviewer remembers what amounted to my very first jazz recording. Then there are the Okeh, Epic, and Cadet/Chess recordings of the piano/guitar/bass trio featuring super guitarist Ray Crawford as soloist, 'bongoist', and superb accompanist. Jazz piano giant Ahmad Jamal is MAGNICENT throughout, being one of those artists that was already operating at a high level when he initially became famous and attracting the intense interest of Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, and Randy Weston for his compositions, musical arrangements, groundbreaking extended vamps, and his fantastic pianism.

Let's jump to track 12, disc 2, the beginning of "Count'em 88 {keys}". Jamal had switched formats and added a drummer, the excellent Walter Perkins. As a one-time classical pianist I had played the "Volga Boatman" theme, but to me Jamal's jazz version is hip, unique, and mindbending, creating tension and release. Note Perkins' using his tom-toms to allude to Ray Crawford's 'guitar bongo' technique from the previous trio. "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year", "On Green Dolphin Street", and "Beat One Out" are other wonderful renderings. But the superb, smokey, and haunting "Maryam" was the first jazz ballad I had heard and is still one of the best ballad performances I have heard, with Jamal conjuring up beautiful phrases and rhapsodic runs in front of Perkins' wonderful brushwork and Crosby's rock solid bass underpining. Just a marvelous, masterful late night-type performance.

Elsewhere, we find an early vestige of the groundbreaking hit "Poinciana" and we see why no less than Miles Davis himself was mesmerized and influenced enough to record some of the same Jamal songs and, indeed, to imitate the Jamal solo style at times with his trumpet. No? Listen to "Autumn Leaves" here and then go to Cannonball's album "Something Else" and listen to that approximation version, with Hank Jones and Miles Davis BOTH in the role of Mr Jamal. Or listen to the Davis quintet with Red Garland in the role of Mr Jamal. Or listen to "Love For Sale", "Surrey With the Fringe On Top", "Billy Boy", or many others. And Miles readily admitted Jamal's heavy influence on his style, arrangements, and song selection. Even when Miles got away from Jamal-type pianists with Wynton Kelley, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock, he was still using the Jamal "pedal points", but they were now calling them "modes" to enable extended solos. Then John Coltrane got ahold of them and the rest is 'free jazz' history.

The Okeh label sessions go back to 1951 but suffer no time lag, they are as current as anything piayed today in modern jazz. Ahmad Jamal was READY when he made his appearance as a performing artist. And super guitarist Ray Crawford is a true star in solos, comping, and imitating a wild bongo with his pizzacato plucking, spinning dazzling lines over and over. From "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" to "Gal in Calico", there are terrific solo performances. "Ari and Ukthay" is fantastic but I wonder how many people skipped that track based on the title alone. The 1955 EPIC label sessions continue the excellent performances and some amazing trio interplay between Jamal, Crawford, and his really disciplined bassists, Israel Crosby and Eddie Calhoun (soon to join Errol Garner in his amazing trios). Pieces D'Resistance, the best of the best, include the endless vamp of "Squeeze Me"; the nonpariel Jamal ballad style shown in "Crazy He Calls Me"; the forward looking "Poinciana"; Miles Davis favorites "Love For Sale" and "Autumn Leaves"; "Pavanne", the amazing interplay of "Rica Pulca", "The Donkey Serenade" and "Perfidia" among many other DIAMOND PERFORMANCES.

"Love For Sale" (track 11, disc 1) deserves special consideration. It is simply one of the finest trio performances in Jazz History and one of the premier piano solos of this song ever. Jamal deconstructs and re-constructs this song in every way imaginable, all over a driving drumless latin beat that Jamal and Crawford must sustain while driving the song forward. From gentle nuance to two handed cresendos, in over 8 minutes, Jamal covers the piano from end to end, getting into the extreme notes on either end of the piano that most pianists avoid, and making it an AWESOME experience of shifting dynamics. And Ray Crawford plays a killer solo as well. A wonderful compilation of Jamal trio excellence, an essential recording, and it gets: My Highest Recommendation. Five HUGE Stars.

(Recently I called for the CD release of "Count'em 88" and it happened. Now I am requesting CD releases of Ahmad Jamal's excellent "Heat Wave" and "Manhattan Reflections". If you please!!)

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Bip-Bip
this should be a TEN star
Shame on me
The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings
"OKEH" (is) DOKEY, and THE "EPIC LABEL" SESSIONS are SPECTACULAR!!

The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings
Ahmad Jamal
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ASIN: B0009Y26NQ
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Will You Still Be Mine
Ahmad's Blues
A Gal In Calico
Aki And Ukthay
Billy Boy
Black Beauty
Love For Sale
Something To Remember You By
Poinciana
Don't Blame Me
Autumn Leaves
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Old Devil Moon
It's Easy To Remember
Squeeze Me
Crazy He Calls Me
Pavanne
Perfidia
Rica Pulpa
The Donkey Serenade

Customer Reviews:

Bip-Bip.......2007-06-08

The Piano playing of Ahmad Jamal is excellent. However in the background and only on the songs that have percussion in the background, you get to hear this little mechanical bip-bot pop poop like bongo drum. Like a small child playing on a toy snare. It is so horrible to have to hear this accompaniment in the background! Oh what can the matter be? Why Billy Boy didn't we get a regular drummer to accom Jamal and the bass? Soft brushes for the ballads, etc. What a disappointment. The CD would be better off w/no accompanying rhythm then to have this noise in the background.

this should be a TEN star.......2006-11-02

This is a must for anyone who loves jazz piano! This is the best one I have so far, although "Ahmad's Blues" is also a favorite of mine because of the song selections, this cd gives more Jamal for the money..

Shame on me.......2006-03-30

Why after listening to jazz all this time did I wait until february of 2006 to finally try something by Ahmad Jamal? Shame on me! I've heard people speak of him for years but for whatever reason I just never got around to giving him a try. I'm very happy with this disc being my introduction. It's packed to the brim with great tunes and tasteful playing, and the price is nice.

This is a unique format in terms of instrumentation and how they play together. I really like it. Piano, electric guitar and bass. Ray Crawford on guitar has one of those clean tones, the type most non-jazz fans probably associate with "jazz guitar". Sometimes he solos as you'd expect but sometimes he plays as if he's the drummer. I tend not to be totally in love with his drummer impersonations but that's not what he's usually doing so I can deal with it. He takes some solos that surprised me in terms of how much I liked them, given that my tastes in "jazz guitar" generally revolve almost solely around the 1920s and '30s, and then leap forward to the Sonny Sharrocks, Nels Clines and Tisziji Munozs of the world.

Part of the liner-notes are old Nat Hentoff stuff about how Ahmad struck him as piano-bar jazz. On the one hand I could see that. On the other, no way. I guess one could say this is subtle, restrained jazz oftentimes. If you're in the mood for highspeed pyrotechnics ala Clifford Brown, or cataclysmic explosions ala '66 Coltrane, this is not the disc you'll be popping into the cd player, that is true. Ahmad doesn't often (at least here, the only album of his I own) play with the blues-soaked intensity of Wynton Kelly, nor does he attack the piano the way a Cecil Taylor or Marilyn Crispell might. Not that these 2 men play similarly at all, but I guess if I had to make a "mood comparison" between Ahmad and another famous jazz pianist, I'd make that comparison with Bill Evans. There is an emotional depth coupled with a certain relative lightness of style, if that makes any sense. I know people who truly dislike Bill Evans' music precisely because it doesn't have the bluesy thrust of a Wynton Kelly or the acoustic funk of a Blue Note early '60s session. I'd have to ask, but now having heard him, I imagine those same people may not like Ahmad either, though he does oftentimes have more bounce and blues than Evans.

Maybe it's just because I've never been to a piano bar but in my head, I've never imagined sitting there eating dinner and chatting with friends while largely ignoring (or relegating to mere background tickling of ivories) a musician of the caliber of Ahmad Jamal (and band) on this disc! I'm not even all that happy with how I've worded this. You just have to hear this music.

Based on the other reviews here I wish that other track were included here, as I've never heard it, but I can't say I have anything to complain about with my purchase of this disc. Great sound and delightful playing all around!

The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings.......2006-02-23

Having been an avid fan of Ahmad Jamal for many years, this CD is a treasure!!! The man is in a special class in the world of jazz music. With such artistry, his name will go down as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.

"OKEH" (is) DOKEY, and THE "EPIC LABEL" SESSIONS are SPECTACULAR!!.......2005-11-10

Five Stars? This CD deserves SIX!! Highly influential recording! Not only is this one of the GREAT JAZZ TRIOS in history, but it documents an early vestige of the groundbreaking hit "Poinciana" and why no less than Miles Davis himself was mesmerized and influenced enough to record some of the same Jamal songs and, indeed, to imitate the Jamal solo style at times with his trumpet. No? Listen to "Autumn Leaves" here and then go to Cannonball's album "Something Else" and listen to that approximation version, with Hank Jones and Miles Davis both in the role of Mr Jamal. Or listen to the Davis quintet with Red Garland in the role of Mr Jamal. Or listen to "Love For Sale", "Surrey With the Fringe On Top", "Billy Boy", or many others. And Davis readily admitted Jamal's heavy influence on his style, arrangements, and song selection. Even when Miles got away from Jamal-type pianists with Wynton Kelley, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock, he was still using the Jamal "pedal points", but they were now calling them "modes" to enable extended solos. But enough with the historical roots and influences, let's examine this tremendous CD.

The Okeh label sessions go back to 1951 but suffer no time lag, they are as current as anything piayed today in modern jazz. Ahmad Jamal was READY when he made his appearance as a performing artist. And super guitarist Ray Crawford is a true star in solos, comping, and imitating a wild bongo with his pizzacato plucking, spinning dazzling lines over and over. Tracks 1 to 4 (from "Surrey...." to "Gal in Calico") are terrific solo performances. "Ari and Ukthay" is fantastic but I wonder how many people skipped that track based on the title alone. The 1955 EPIC label sessions continue the excellent performances and some amazing trio interplay between Jamal, Crawford, and his really disciplined bassists, Israel Crosby and Eddie Calhoun (soon to join Errol Garner in his amazing trios). Pieces D'Resistance, the best of the best, include the endless vamp of "Squeeze Me"; the nonpariel Jamal ballad style shown in "Crazy He Calls Me"; the forward looking "Poinciana"; Miles Davis favorites "Love For Sale" and "Autumn Leaves"; "Pavanne", the amazing interplay of "Rica Pulca", "The Donkey Serenade" and "Perfidia" among many other DIAMOND PERFORMANCES.

"Love For Sale" (track 8) deserves special consideration. It is simply one of the finest trio performances in Jazz History and one of the premier piano solos of this song ever. Jamal deconstructs and re-constructs this song in every way imaginable, all over a driving drumless latin beat that Jamal and Crawford must sustain while driving the song forward. From gentle nuance to two handed cresendos, in over 8 minutes, Jamal covers the piano from end to end, getting into the extreme notes on either end of the piano that most pianists avoid, and making it an AWESOME experience of shifting dynamics. And Ray Crawford plays a killer solo as well. Jamal's 'comping' is exceptional. One of Jazz' great swinging performances. Note how Jamal repeats one note an amazing 18 TIMES in a row after Crawford's solo, a technique that Miles later used to great effect, and it fits perfectly.

I waited decades for the Epic Lable sessions to come back and the wait was worth it. The 24-bit Digital Remastering is outstanding. Now if someone could only find the Chess sessions that include the LP "COUNT'EM 88" with "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year", "Volga Boatman", and the superb ballad "Maryam" (sp). And also release the outstanding "HEAT WAVE" recording. These two would make my updated recording collection virtually complete. PLEASE!

BTW, this CD will permanently reside in my 5 CD disk rotation forever, never to leave the player again. Thanks, Ahmad.

(NOTE: There were three great piano, guitar, bass trios (and one variation) in the form of Nat Cole, Oscar Moore, Johnny Miller; Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis; and the Jamal trio. (The variation would be xylo/vibraharpist Red Norvo, Tal Farlow, and uber-bassist Charles Mingus.) Two of the three, Peterson and Jamal, despite their 'guitar trio' greatness, would become the standard piano, bass, drum unit within a short time in the late 50's to early 60's. Maybe the financial success of Errol Garner's 'trio with drums' was a partial reason. Nat Cole would abandon the trio early on and go into the recording studio to pump out some of history's greatest pop songs, coming back only for cameo appearances within that format. And Mingus would go on to become..Mingus, a legend. But while it lasted, these piano/vibe, guitar, bass trios were fabulous and will never be forgotten.)

Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958

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Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958
Ahmad Jamal
Manufacturer: Gambit Spain
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ASIN: B000MRA6AK
Release Date: 2007-02-12

Tracks:

But Not for Me [Live]
Surrey with the Fringe on Top [Live]
Moonlight in Vermont [Live]
Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel) [Live]
There Is No Greater Love [Live]
Poinciana [Live]
Woody 'N You [Live]
What's New? [Live]
Too Late Now [Live]
All the Things You Are [Live]
Cherokee [Live]
It Might as Well Be Spring [Live]
I'll Remember April [Live]
My Funny Valentine [Live]
Gone with the Wind [Live]
Billy Boy [Live]
It's You or No One [Live]
They Can't Take That Away from Me [Live]
Poor Butterfly [Live]
Poinciana [Single Version][*]

Album Details

Although They were Not Ahmad Jamal's First Recordings, the 1958 Pershing and Spotlite Performances Marked the Beginning of his Success. The Original Album but Not for Me, Taped at the Pershing Lounge in Chicago on January 16 and 17, 1958, Included Eight of the 43 Tunes Played by the Trio, which were Carefully Selected by the Pianist Himself. For this Reason, They Are also the First Eight Tracks on Our Collection. Two Years Later, the Album's Success Tempted the Original Producers to Release Eleven More Tunes (Tracks 9-19), which were Again Selected under the Supervision of Jamal's Attentive Ears. It is Believed that the Unused Material was Put Aside and Subsequently Lost. This CD Brings Together all Known Material plus a Rare Bonus Track.

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Lousy remaster
Tuneful, lightly swinging jazz from 1955
Great Album
Essential recordings
It's a "live" album...

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ASIN: B0000026M9
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Old Devil Moon
Ahmad's Blues
Poinciana (The Song Of The Tree)
Billy Boy
Will You Still Be Mine
Pavanne
Crazy He Calls Me
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Aki And Ukthay (Brother And Sister)
Slaughter On 10th Avenue
A Gal In Calico
It's Easy To Remember

Customer Reviews:

Lousy remaster.......2006-08-01

Sound quality is poor, distant, lacking any stage or presence. Also dissapointed with the version of Poinciana, mostly guitar by soemone I never heard of, and was not mentioned in the liner notes. Overall, a miss sonically and in the packaging.

Tuneful, lightly swinging jazz from 1955.......2005-10-24

Ahmad Jamal's early music was immensely tuneful and rhythmic, a treat for jazz lovers, and easy for jazz newcomers to tap their toes to and hum along. It's infectious, upbeat and at the same time compelling and involving. Miles Davis was a fan, who "liked the the level of excitement that Ahmad Jamal achieved without being obvious." Jamal can play as fast as anyone, but chooses to restrain himself and use only what works to get the listener involved. Jamal was at his best performing live, and this record is a good example of that. When you listen to this mature, confident, brilliant and accomplished pianist, it's hard to believe that he was only 25 when the record was made! This is the kind of CD that you can't go wrong with: Great tunes, great melody, mellow but lively sound, and rewarding to many repeated listens. I love it. Once you're hooked on this album, pick up The Ahmad Jamal Trio, with songs like Perfidia, Rica Pulpa and others, at least as tuneful and gently rhythmical as this. They're both no-lose propositions. Great, enjoyable, intelligent and swinging music.

Great Album.......2000-09-04

Contrary to the comments about sound quality, this is one of the finest Jazz albums ever. You WILL play the title track over and over again. It is also a great romantic atmosphere album.

Essential recordings.......2000-03-05

As Miles Davis tells in his autobiography, Jamal's approach to jazz deeply influenced him. This recordings with a drumless trio, featuring Ray Crawford on guitar, show an incredible level of interplay and a carefully balanced alternation between arranged and improvised passages. There is a lot of virtuosity, but it is always functional to the mood and swing of the songs, many of which were later rendered by the famous quintet of Miles Davis with John Coltrane. It is also a kind of classical feeling in the clean touch of Jamal, that turns the music easy to listen in spite of its deepness.

It's a "live" album..........1999-02-17

...and the recording quality it not too good

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Really excellent, I feel like a fool for overlooking it
One of the best
Breath Taking....
1958 - 1961 -- Hardly, More like 1958 to Forever
At The Pershing...and more -- Inspired Miles Davis!

Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
Ahmad Jamal
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Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

But Not For Me
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Moonlight In Vermont
Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In It)
Woody'n You
Poinciana
Too Late Now
All The Things You Are
Cherokee
It Might As Well Be Spring
I'll Remeber April
Gone With The Wind
Billy Boy
It''s You Or No One
You Don't Know What Love Is
Tater Pie
This Can't Be Love
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The Best Thing For You
April In Paris
The Second Time Around
That Dam Dream

Customer Reviews:

Really excellent, I feel like a fool for overlooking it.......2006-04-04

I have bought most of Ahmad Jamal's CDs and picked this up to fill out my collection. I started with "The Essence" and mostly worked backwards in time. I'm sorry I didn't start with this one: it is really excellent. (But I suppose if I had started here I would have guessed that Jamal is senile now, and he's not, he's still producing outstanding work, 45 years later.)

One of the best.......2006-02-04

This compilation consists of some of what I consider to be the best jazz ever recorded. There is impeccable, contagious groove throughout, but it is at the same time so sensitive, so musical, and so restrained. Definitely one of the tightest trios of all time. I would consider Ahmad to be in the highest ranks of the jazz pantheon even if Miles Davis never said a word about him.

Breath Taking...........2005-09-18

Ahmad Jamal is one of the finest and smoothest pianist period! I use to listen to "Live at the Pershing" when I was in college. "Poinciana" would always put me in the right frame of mind. This compilation is well worth the money! It is the next best thing to seeing him "Live" in person.

1958 - 1961 -- Hardly, More like 1958 to Forever.......2005-01-20

We're lucky when music is initially captivating. Enriched when it is enduring. Ahmad's great launching platform is fortunately for us, both. Empowered by a world class supporting cast, Jamal showcases the talents that earn him worldwide recognition, and also mark a musical turning point for jazz music. Seminal and standing the test of time. What else could you want in a musical performance. Listen and enjoy. By the way, Israel and Vernel are masters. Worth the price of admission for their own performances.

At The Pershing...and more -- Inspired Miles Davis!.......2003-01-02

The first sides are from the classic "Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing" which was as essential listening in its way as "Kind of Blue." Miles was inspired by the selection of show tunes, many of which he also recorded later with Red Garland playing the Ahmad Jamal role on piano. I think it was not so much what Jamal played but what he did not play. His use of space was phenomenal. Vernell Fournier was a New Orleans drummer and Isreal Crosby had played and recorded with Benny Goodman. Together they reinvented jazz for a decade. This LP, by the way, and not Muddy Waters recording was what put Chess Records (Argo's parent) on the map financially. So thank Jamal for the other music that he funded. Classic stuff and never enough of it.
Bill Donoghue

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Ahmad Jamal, simply elegant
A unique take on the piano trio
The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal
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The Awakening
Ahmad Jamal
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ASIN: B000003N9U
Release Date: 1997-03-25

Tracks:

The Awakening
I Love Music
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You're My Everything
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Customer Reviews:

Ahmad Jamal, simply elegant.......2006-08-29

This is one of the best examples of "elegance" in the jazz piano trio genre. Jamal is lyrical and inspiring, always innovative. Great support on bass and drums, the CD is simply understated artistry on piano. The only thing that keeps this from 5 stars is the lack of clarity in some of the mid to high range of the re-mastering. Not at all bad, however, for an old recording. If you like to listen to sophisticated piano, this one's for you

A unique take on the piano trio.......2005-11-24

I got into Jamal backwards, starting from his recent discs with the James Cammack/Idris Muhammad trio & working backwords. This one's from 1970, & already shows Jamal moving towards the maximalist style of his recent work. He's a "thematic" improvisor in a way that's not really in the mainstream of jazz, where improvisation tends to focus on developing new melodies out of the basic chords of a tune. Jamal's in the company of Thelonious Monk & Art Tatum in that he often simply plays the tune over & over, with the interest coming in the differences of decoration, emphasis, harmony, mood & tempo. These can be quite striking: witness for example the way that he stretches out "You're My Everything" here, & then when he launches into the solo he gives it a sour twist with some altered, minor-key chords. He's an underrated composer (here, two tunes, both of them the liveliest, funkiest moments on the album: "The Awakening" and "Patterns"); & he always picks interesting repertoire: Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments" is given one of the few readings worthy of the original recording (I love Jamal's opening chorus, which is all dark bar-long chords), Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance", Emil Boyd's "I Love Music" (which is virtually a solo piece, with the bassist & drummer coming in just at the end; this is the only version of the tune I've heard outside of Joe Lovano's several recordings of it, & I think Jamal does a better job); Jobim's "Wave", not an obscure tune by any means but not one of the Jobim tunes that's been done to death either: Jamal gives it a dark 1970s funk intro with a little Baroque twist at one point. Above all, I like how Jamal (one of the first players to explore modal jazz) responds to the music of younger, modally-inclined musicians like Hancock & Tyner, & works it all back into his own idiosyncratic style. An excellent disc, one of my favourite of recent Impulse reissues. -- Now I just wish the other record companies would get around to reissuing Jamal's early stuff properly, rather than truncating the original releases of his 1950s work to squeeze it to CD-length......

The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal.......2005-06-01

Ahmad Jamal's 1970 release of The Awakening is perhaps one of the most innovative West Coast jazz albums ever made by this man. Jamal is one of the most influential jazz pianists of the second half of the twentieth century, and has made his mark on both young and old people alike. He is, in many ways, like Keith Jarrett in his use of the entire range of the keyboard, which is clearly heard in all of the songs in this album. Featuring Jamil Nasser on bass and Frank Gant on drums, the trio really does work as a trio, each part being treat equally as opposed to a piano with a bass-drums accompaniment. The pieces on this album all have the Jamal feel, and yet, in a magical way, still retain the original style from Jobim's bossa nova tune, "Wave" or Hancock's standard, "Dolphin Dance". All the tracks on this album are beautifully written, and are a very thorough and accurate representation of Ahmad Jamal as we know him.

THE AWAKENING - The title track is a very upbeat, moderately-paced tune with a modern feel, written by Jamal himself. It is built off of a four-note phrase that changes constantly throughout the piece with wonderful blues type interludes. There are several times when Jamal uses some very clever scales and arpeggios that cover the entire keyboard within a second, and this piece left me astounded.

I LOVE MUSIC - This, in my opinion, is the best track no this CD, simply for its utter harmonic beauty. It has brought a tear to my eye more than once, and is very reminiscent of some of Ellington's later works. This song is basically a piano solo with a small interlude featuring the bass and drums, and has some of the most heart-wrenching chord changes I've ever heard. It is a sad, yet powerful song that can completely change one's mood, and is am excellent example of Jamal's ability to play with such commanding grace.

PATTERNS - A faster paced tune, this is a true Jamal song, and is very typical of Jamal's unique style. The bass and drums in this piece are particularly commendable, and keep the vibrant beat of the song moving throughout the entire piece.

DOLPHIN DANCE - One of Herbie Hancock's more romantically lyrical pieces, Jamal plays a sped up version as compared to the original. This is one of the better tracks on the album, and, once again, Jamal combines his own technique with that of Hancock's.

YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING - As the liner notes state, "The only old standard of the set, a 1931 ballad, introduced in a long forgotten revue called `The Laugh Parade', this became the title song for a 1949 movie in which Dan Dailey sang it. Jamal moves straight into the Harry Warren melody, playing it in a long meter. Despite the many ingenious melodic and rhythmic shifts with which he invests it, the original theme is never too far out of earshot" (Feather 8).

STOLEN MOMENTS - Oliver Nelson's classic is once again brought to life in a faster-paced version of this 1960's tune. Jamal grabs the essence of the spirit of the piece, drawing in the listener to listen even more carefully, as he uses dramatic chromatic chord changes, and once again coming back to the lovely primary theme at the end of the track.

WAVE - One of Antonio Carlos Jobim's more obscure works, Jamal, brings this piece out into the open with the definitive bossa nova feel "without any of the obvious Brazilian clichés" (Feather 8). The beckoning and delightful mood of this piece is rather catchy and is well appreciated by Latin and jazz fan alike.

Cannonball Adderley once said, "Ahmad's not like the average jazz musician who uses the pop tune as a vehicle. He approaches each number as a composition in itself, and tries to work out something particular for each tune that will fit it." This is a very true statement, and is obviously exemplified by the stunning work Jamal has created with these sole seven songs. I would highly recommend this music to all jazz fans of all kinds. His voluntary and authoritative use of combining the bass and drums (Nasser and Gant, I might add, are two musicians that are highly worthy of praise for their skills) provide the listener with a different feel to the music after listening. This album represents a specific feel and approach towards jazz, and is some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard. Ahmad Jamal is one of the greatest pianists of all time, and his unique approach should be exposed to the world to grasp a better understanding of what it means to be a great jazz musician.

The Ultimate Piano Trio.......2005-02-18

I was nearing home late one night 35 years ago, driving my father's big Oldsmobile and listening to Bill Ardis' great jazz program (Ardis Against The Night)on WHAM from Rochester,NY. The station's 50,000 watts carried well to my hometown near the Pennsylvania border. I was 20 yrs. old and had been listening to jazz for less than two years. I was also somewhat stoned. As I drove down my parent's street, Ardis said he had something special for his listeners -- Ahmad Jamal's just released new album "The Awakening", which he would play without interuption. It was some of the most incredible, subtle, and interesting music I had ever heard! I sat in the car in the driveway and listened, totally captivated, until it finished. It took a few weeks to finally locate a copy to buy, but I had to own that record. To this day it remains one of my top ten albums from all genres. The music is timeless. If you haven't heard it, buy it without delay.It will bring joy to your ears.

An Interesting Contrast In The Evolution Of Ahmad Jamal's .......2004-12-10

style from the fifties to 1970, the date of this recording.While still maintaining the Jamal "sound", his music has become denser and more adventurous.

There are two originals, another I had never heard, and four more familiar tunes. The title tune is built around a four note phrase that has a blues tinge with extensive changes in tempo and mood. The one I hadn't heard before, "I Love Music", is a beautiful composition showcasing Jamal's almost classical solo skills, using the rhythm section only for a change in tempo. The other original, "Patterns", moves along brightly and displays the talents of the trio as a group and in particular the bass work of Jamil Nasser.

The remaining four are very familiar to me with my favorite being Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments". The old standard, "You're My Everything", is done beautifully, probably more so because it certainly hasn't been recorded in recent years. Jobim's "Wave" and Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" round out a varied program.

This will appeal to Ahmad Jamal fans or anyone who appreciates jazz piano, especially the trios.

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Vintage 90's Material {4 Stars}
A true talent
very underrated album from the def squad camp
JaMaL FadeS Em ALL
tight

Last Chance, No Breaks
Jamal
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Vintage 90's Material {4 Stars}.......2006-06-27

I was listening to Busta Rhymes' first LP (The Coming) yesterday and I came to track number nine. "Def Squad Meets Flipmode Squad" is probably one of the best songs on that album, but when I got to Mally G's verse, it struck me that I hadn't listened to his album in almost 5 years (I have over 8,000 hip hop albums, it's all but impossible to give them equal rotation). So I went over to the shelves and dusted this joint off. The first thing that came to mind was "Why didn't Jamal pan out in this rap game?" There are plenty of reasons one could use. Puffy was on the come up and killing what most of us would consider "real hip hop". There was also the west coast dominance of the early to mid 90's. Who knows, there could be plenty of reasons. I can't help but feel like whatever the reason, it couldn't have been a good one. This album has all kinds of bangers. No frills, no getting jiggy -- just Mally and the Def Squad gettin' busy over ill tracks. Tracks like "Genetic For Terror", "Live Illegal", "Unf**kwittable, and "Insane Creation" are vintage 90's/Def Squad material. I think we all recognize "Fades 'Em All" as the standout, and with good reason (the Pete Rock Remix is phat too). There are tight joints laced all throughout the album. Also, with producers like Erick Sermon, Rockwilder, Easy Mo Bee and a few others lending their talents, you know the sound is dope if you know their credentials.

As far as flaws, there are maybe one or two songs that you have to be in the mood for (well, I know I do). "Da Come Up" isn't necessarily bad, but I tend to skip it. Also, "Don't Trust No" is a song that I think this album could've done without. Basically, Jamal should've stayed away from the G-Funk sound (in my opinion). Outside of those things, I think this album is great.

Last Chance, No Breaks is vintage mid 90's hip hop. This is the stuff I was bumpin' my senior year of high school. If props translated into career longevity, Jamal would have a resume' that could rival LL Cool J. Too bad he never caught on the way he should have. Amazon has this used for $5.95. If that ain't a steal, I don't know what is. If you see this on the shelf, don't hesitate to cop it. Highly recommended.

Standout Tracks: Unf**kwittable feat. George Clinton & Passion, Genetic For Terror feat. Erick Sermon, Redman, Keith Murray, & L.O.D., Fades 'Em All (My Favorite), Live Illegal, Insane Creation feat. Redman, Keep It Real, and The Game

A true talent.......2006-05-19

Peace people, I'm a rap fan since 1992. I have a collection of about 1500 rap albums. I heard Jamal first in 1995 on a bootleg mixtape. It featured the "Fade'em all" track. After that I saw on "Yo! MTV Raps" the "Keep It Real" track! I just can't explain why an artist like Jamal with an excellent lyrical flow and wise lyrics never made in the game. "Last Chance, No Breaks" features the members of the Def Squad in their early days. The production is great showing us all that Erick Sermon is one of the biggest rap producers of all times. You can also hear Redman and Keith Murray on Jamal's album, but this only adds some flavour to it. I appreciate Jamal every time I play his debut album (and last album also) and I consider it one of the most underrated rap albums of all times. It deserves 5 stars, no doubt, go and buy it and you certainly gonna appreciate it!

very underrated album from the def squad camp.......2006-02-05

this album is from jamal aka mally g,one half of the group illegal,this album is so hot the beats are hot and his wordplay is sicker than a fever,i bought this album on ebay for $1 and change,he's very lyrical and he's very underrated,my only concern is that he had some songs with like west coast scarface (the rapper) type beats and it didn't fit the album,he's more of an east coast rapper equipped with rugged beats,he's one of the illest rappers that ive heard from philly,and its sad that this album is out of print and didn't get the buzz it deserves,the production is dark too,standout tracks are situation (produced by erick sermon and rockwilder),insane creation (production by easy mo bee,one of the best beats he made,featuring redman),fades em all(produced by redman and rockwilder,one of the illest songs of the 90's),the game (produced by redman,yes the rapper he makes hot beats he shouldve kept makin beats and still rap and its also my favorite track,and the beat is dark as hell),keep it real (produced by erick sermon,nice paino sample)and finally genetic for terror (produced by redman and rocwilder,featuring Erick Sermon , Keith Murray , L.O.D. , Redman,and they all did their thing.recommended for fans of def squad,90's hip hop,east coast hip hop.don't sleep.

JaMaL FadeS Em ALL.......2005-08-04

A really sick one from the def squad MC. Jamal's vocal energy and gritty raps always come correct! "Who the %*#@ wanna see JAMAL, I Fades em all!!"

tight.......2005-06-17

Yeah def squad were in full effect in these years. Erick came again with some tight production. Jamal has some good rhymes but the appearances made this even better I think. The whole album is good and worth buying though if you like def squad or just good east coast flavour hip hop. Anyway, hope I helped. Peace!

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Boombox
Raheem Jamal
Manufacturer: Brick Records/Traffic Ent.
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000L12C3G
Release Date: 2007-06-19

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"Radio" Raheem Jamal is a Roxbury, MA (home of Hip Hop legend Edo. G) veteran MC who has cut his teeth most recently as a frontman for two super groups; Project Move and Electric Company. In Project Move, Raheem rocked along side Moe Pope (Mission, Crown City Rockers), Anonymous and Beyonder (7L & Esoteric, Bladerunners, Vinyl Thug Music). The Electric Company consisted of all three members of Project Move, Insight and Dagha. Project Move's "Love Gone Wrong/Butterfly Theory" and Electric's "Life s A Struggle" became instant cult favorites in Japan and Europe (specifically France) and Raheem and the rest gained critical acclaim. He has toured extensively with both groups supporting many upper echelon and like sounding artists including KRS-1, Jurassic 5, Talib Kweli, Digable Planets, Little Brother, Slum Village, Common, Pharoah Monch, CL Smooth, Jeru the Damaja, Special Ed, Royce Da 5'9", Big Daddy Kane, Edan and more. Raheem Jamal is now ready to spread his creative wings and stand out on his own two. Entirely backed by the lavish production of Hip Hop maverick Raydar Ellis (best known for his critically acclaimed debut album "Late Pass" and production for 7L & Esoteric and Dr. Dre proteges GodBody), and hot off the trail of his stand out "Not The One" single, Jamal paints beautiful pictures with words, that dance and flow over the soundscape. Sometimes positive, sometimes pessimistic but always truthful and thoughtful, "Boombox" is how rap albums used to be. How rap albums should be; One MC, one producer, a couple of their boys. Songs about life, love, struggle and strength... Brick Records proudly presents "Boombox." Look for Raheem Jamal & Raydar Ellis as part of URB's next 1,000 online promotional campaign.

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